Friday, June 29, 2012

Weekend Reflections is hosted
by James each week
beginning Friday
at 11 AM Eastern Standard
Time. It's another
wonderful way of opening
your eyes to new and
different kinds of
beauty. Click on the web
address under the blog title and
sign up to play with us!

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.Albert Camus

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Time to share
your skies, the beauty over your
world, the
clouds, the colors! Sky
Watch is hosted each week
by the Sky Watch team of
Sandy and I. And this week as every
week, we remember Klaus and know that he
joins us in spirit! Join us and
the many people from
all over the world who
share theirs with us
each week!We had clear and beautiful skies yesterday and I could see Mt. Rainier!! I'm sharing that with you today! Enjoy!

Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends.Shirley MacLaine

There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one - keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy.Mark Twain

When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.Edward W. Howe

The next
morning while they are eating breakfast, The young woman sees her neighbor
hanging the Wash outside."That laundry is not very clean", she said."She
doesn't know how to wash correctly.Perhaps she needs better laundry
soap."

Her husband
looked on, but remained silent.Every time her neighbor would hang her wash
to dry,The young woman would make the same comments.

About one month
later, the woman was surprised to see aNice clean wash on the line and said
to her husband:

"Look, she has learned how to wash correctly.I wonder
who taught her this."

The husband said, "I got up early this morning
andCleaned our windows."

And so it is with life. What we see when
watching othersDepends on the purity of the window through which we
look!*

I hope each of you has a beautiful day and that you always look and are seen through clean windows.

Ifyou don't understand this now, you will
in a few years . .
..

When asked by a young patrol officer, "Do
you know you were speeding?",this
83-year-old woman talked herself out of a ticket by responding: "Yes, but I
had to get there before I forgot where the hell I was
going."

A good friend sent this to me last night and I just had to share it with you today! Great chuckles for the day -- and with a fancy name!!!

Here is the definition:

"Figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is
surprising or unexpected; frequently used in a humorous situation."
"Where there's a will, I want to be in it," is a type
of paraprosdokian.

1. Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat
you with experience.

2. The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on my list.

3. Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright
until you hear them speak.

4. If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.

5. We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.

6. War does not determine who is right — only who is left..

7. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a
fruit salad.

8. Evening news is where they begin with 'Good Evening,' and then proceed
to tell you why it isn't.

9. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is
research.

10. A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train
stops. On my desk, I have a work station.

11. I thought I wanted a career. Turns out I just wanted paychecks.

12. Whenever I fill out an application, in the part that says, 'In case of
emergency, notify:' I put 'DOCTOR.'

13. I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.

14. Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street
with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are sexy.

15. Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a
successful man is usually another woman.

16. A clear conscience is the sign of a fuzzy memory.

17. You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to
skydive twice.

Monday, June 25, 2012

Time for "Our World" again!
This is a wonderful way to find the
beauty, the fun, the good and even the bad
things about Our World and to share them! Hope
you will join us! Click on the link to
go to the Our World site and sign up!!

Over the past few
days I’ve shared some photos from a wonderful exhibition here in Seattle and
today I would like to share some more of the really awesome ones that I’m
delighted to have as a part of “my world” today! The Chihuly Garden and Glass is an exhibition
that explores the inspiration and influences of Northwest artist, Dale Chihuly.
He has pioneered new techniques in art and influenced generations of artists.
His creativity and generosity of spirit are easily seen in the beauty of his
work. This is a longer post than I usually have, but it was such a special place!! I hope you enjoy the few I’m sharing with you today from “my world”!!

Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral.John Burroughs

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.Henry Ford

Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart.Phil Jackson

Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you.Aldous Huxley

The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress.Charles Kettering

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.Frederick Douglass

All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible.William Faulkner

Hey guys, get up off your
tush and lets go see
Bozo over at his pad in Mumbai!
It's always a fun time when
we all get together and talk
about what's been happin',
Bro! You know? Get your
human to click on the Post
Title, that'll take them to the
website where you can sign up!
I'll be waiting for you!!

I thought you said it was summer!!! It's still freezin' outside and I don't have a coat anymore!! How can I run in the rain and have any fun???

What Can I Say?

I'm interested in almost everything. Use to like to travel, but it's too expensive now. I take Tai Chi classes, swim, volunteer in a Jump-start program for pre-schoolers. I'm an avid reader and like nearly everyone these days I follow politics avidly. I'm a former teacher and Special Projects Coordinator for a Telecommunications company, Assistant to the President of a Japanese silicon wafer manufacturing company. Am now enjoying retirement -- most of the time. I have two daughters, one son-in-law and two sons scattered all over the country. No grandchildren.

Stop Hate Starting Here

I Never Saw Another Butterfly

So richly, brightly, dazzlingly yellowPerhaps if the sun’s tears would singagainst a white stone....

Such, such a yellowIs carried lightly ’way up high.It went away I’m sure because it wished to kiss the world good-bye.

For seven weeks I’ve lived in herePenned up inside this ghetto.But I have found what I love here.The dandelions call to meAnd the white chestnut branches in the court.

Only I never saw another butterfly. That butterfly was the last one.Butterflies don’t live in here, in the ghetto.

Written by Pavel Friedman, June 4, 1942 Born in Prague on Jan. 7, 1921.Deported to the Terezin Concentration Camp on April 26, 1942. Died in Aushchwitzon Sept. 29, 1944.

Thank You, Anthony!!

Check out his blog and photos!

Chasing Ashes

I love to write and it has been a hobby for a long time. Mysteries were always my escape reading during some of the darker times of my life and I finally decided to give it a try. I've actually written seven over the years. Unfortunately, my last computer disaster resulted in my losing three of the latest four. I did manage to salvage this one.